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US-11609684

Timeline-video relationship presentation for alert events

PublishedMarch 21, 2023
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Technical Abstract

A method at an electronic device with a display includes: displaying a user interface having a first region and a second region; receiving, and displaying in the first region of the user interface, a live video stream of a physical environment captured by a remote video camera; displaying, in the second region, a timeline corresponding to a timespan for a first portion of a duration during which the live video stream may have been recorded; in response to receiving a user interaction to move the timespan to a second portion of the duration, transitioning the displayed timeline to a new timeline that corresponds to the timespan for the second portion, and while transitioning, displaying, in the first region, a subset of video frames representing the first and/or second portion of the duration.

Patent Claims
5 claims

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3. The method of claim 2, wherein the alert events include alert events of one or more alert event types, the types including one or more of the group consisting of: motion events in a defined zone, motion events not in a defined zone, hazard events, sound events, thermostat events, and door events.

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4. The method of claim 3, wherein an alert event indicator for an alert event of a first type of the alert event types differs from an alert event indicator for an alert event of a second type of the alert event types in at least one visual characteristic.

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5. The method of claim 4, wherein the differing visual characteristic is color.

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11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the alert event indicator for an alert event comprises a graphical object, the graphical object having a length parallel to the timeline, the length representing a duration of the alert event.

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17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein transitioning the timeline is in response to receiving a user command comprising a swipe gesture that activates a scrolling effect on the timeline.

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Filing Date

June 14, 2021

Publication Date

March 21, 2023

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